Parne Gadje
Parne Gadje play a whirling emotional concoction of Macedonian Rembetikas , RRoma ballads and Middle Eastern dirges. How can we best describe it - Balkan improvisations? Bosporus blues? It doesn't matter. One listen and the question on everyone's lips is "Where the hell does this stuff come from!". There is heart in this music and that's what counts. Set alight by front man Marc Constandses' masterful bandoneon playing and red-blooded approach to interpreting the tunes, the instrumentation (bandoneon, guitar, banjo, dobro, self-built bicycle-tire bass, velofoon, clarinet, saxophone violin and a host of unusual percussive sounds) is unconventional but blindingly effective. An absolute must for anyone who has had the good fortune to be touched by the magnificent labyrinth of Balkan underground folk variations. Class, depth and beauty.

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